Coventry City made it back-to-back wins last night with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Wycombe Wanderers at The Ricoh.

Michael Doyle's opener and Marc McNulty's brace secured three points which sees the Sky Blues climb above Wycombe into fourth place in League Two.

Andy Turner saw the action last night - here are his findings:

McNulty up an running

Mark Robins could be forgiven for issuing a great big, ‘told you so,’ to those who doubted Marc McNulty’s goal scoring ability. The striker may have been slow to get going but by golly he’s come good with a rich vein of form. Even last week people were groaning after he missed or didn’t make the best of a number of chances before finally popping up with an outstanding winner against Cheltenham. But he went one better agaisnt Wycombe, scoring another superb solo goal before sticking away a penalty to claim the three points for the Sky Blues for a second week running. That’s an outstanding six goals in six games now and takes his tally to ten – two ahead of Duckens Nazon – which, at exactly midway through the season, means he’s halfway to being a 20-goal as season striker. Given his current form and growing confidence, who would now bet against him going beyond that target?

Pens like London buses

The Sky Blues were one of the very few EFL clubs not to have been awarded or to concede a penalty in the league ahead of Friday’s match. Robins even noted the stat in his programme notes. Cue, several penalty appeals and awards for either side!

It has to be said that both were extremely soft on the night, the first from the smallest player on the pitch, Devon Kelly-Evans, just minutes after man mountain Adebayo Akinfenwa went down like a sack of spuds from a challenge from Jordan Willis – at least half a dozen weight categories lighter than the heavyweight front man. Marc McNulty then won one at the other end to restore City’s lead, which even Robins admitted was questionable, going as far to suggest the ref had evened things up.

Crewe, Forest Green and Newport are the only other teams yet to win a penalty, while Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Blackpool, and Vale remain the only sides yet to give away a penalty this season. By this time last season City had conceded seven spot-kicks, which speaks volumes for the quality of the defence this term.

Beast contained

Mainstays of that impressive back four have been Willis and Rod McDonald, who certainly had their work cut out against Wanderers’ focal point, Akinfenwa. But the pair did an admirable job in containing the man mountain striker for the most part, which is no mean feat. The only way to effectively deal with the man they call The Beast is to play a high defensive line because he’s not mobile enough to run in behind. And when he does get anywhere near the ball, stand off him because pound for pound there isn’t a player in the land at any level that can get anywhere near him in terms of brute strength. Both City’s centre-backs used their brains to combat his threat as they continue to demonstrate their importance to the team this season.

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Back to form

Chris Stokes had arguably his most impressive game for over a year as he bounced back to top form in his second game back from a spell on the bench. The left-back made a tentative start to the season before being dropped and replaced by his best mate and rival Ryan Haynes due to the fact that he wasn’t offering enough going forward. However, the 26-year-old has been working on his fitness and looks like a man determined to rise to his manager’s challenge. Against Wycombe the shackles came off and he got up the pitch at will, linking up terrifically well with the excellent Jordan Shipley and sending in a string of decent crosses. He even managed to venture as far as the box on a number of occasions to add to his overall excellent contribution on the night.

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Perfectly poised

The Sky Blues head into Christmas safe in the knowledge that they are perfectly poised to kick on in the second half of the season. After 23 games, the halfway stage, City have 38 points and were sitting pretty in fourth in the table, just a point off the automatic places, ahead of today’s League Two programme. That could change come 4.45pm tonight but either way Mark Robins’s men have made up a bit of ground in recent weeks and have set themselves up nicely for the next 23 games. With players coming in, it’s all to play for over the final four months of the campaign when, so long as City have a productive transfer window and manage to hold on to key players, it could be a very enjoyable final run-in.